Democrats hold Gabby Giffords' seat: 5 takeaways

2012 ELECTIONS Democrats hold Gabby Giffords' seat: 5 takeaways Giffords' former aide Ron Barber wins Arizona's special election to finish out her term, in a preview of how both parties plan to compete in November CRIME AND PUNISHMENT America's historic drop in violent crime: By the numbers Crime is supposed to spike when times get tough, so why are most crime statistics at low levels not seen since before the days of color TV? THE GROUPON PHENOMENON 7 peculiar new Groupon offers The daily deals site is promoting offers that have triggered plenty of head-scratching — ranging from cheap circumcisions to the opportunity to be tucked into bed PARENTING CONTROVERSIES The Texas dad who killed his daughter's alleged molester: A hero? No charges are expected against a rancher who says he instinctively killed a man who was allegedly trying to sexually assault the rancher's 4-year-old daughter HEALTH Eating like a caveman: A passing fad or the diet of the future? The Paleo diet, which encourages practitioners to eat meat and veggies while skipping grains and dairy, is gaining more followers, but it may not be healthy PUZZLES+CONTESTS Weird news photo quiz For each of these five curious images, see if you can choose the answer that correctly completes the photo caption THE APPLE UNIVERSE The evolution of the Macintosh: A visual history Techies drooled this week when Apple released its impossibly thin new MacBook Pro — which seems light years beyond the cumbersome gadgets in Apple's past SEE ALL CARTOONS   MENTAL_FLOSS 11 fictional works of art (in other works of art) DISCOVERY NEWS Distant human ancestors had shark heads NEWSER Drug company employee: Don't believe our studies BUZZFEED Photographs of Obama as a young man tecca This vending machine will drop your beer if you tackle it hard enough         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.